Airlines Offer Ways to Keep
Elite Frequent-Flier Status

If you didn't fly enough last year to maintain your elite frequent-flier status, there may still be a chance to get it back.

Until the end of March, at least two major domestic airlines are offering promotions to help frequent fliers keep their elite status, even if they were just shy of the year-end travel deadline. United is extending its "1K" program's requalification deadline through the first quarter, even after it had already lowered the threshold to 84,000 miles, from 100,000 miles, to compensate for this summer's...